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Annotation:Colonel Wemys' Reel (2)
X:1 T:Colonel Wemys's Reel [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Aird - Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 4 (1796, No. 27, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g2 dc {c}B2 AG|FGAB cAAf|(g/f/e/f/) gd cBAG|DGAc BG G:| |:B|(DG)(BG) (DG)(BG)|(DG)(BG) cAAB|(DG)(BG) (DG)(BG)|(DG)(Ac) BGGB| (DG)(BG) (DG)(BG)|(DG)(BG) cAAc|Bdef gedc|BdAc BG G||
COLONEL WEMYS' REEL [2]. AKA and see "Devil in a Bush (The)," "Kincaldrum, "Maid of Argyle's (The)," "Muldoon's Favorite," Parson in the Suds." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Aird): ABC (O'Neill). A different tune than Colonel Wemyss (1). The reel was printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as "Maid of Argyle's (The)" and in White's Unique Collection as "Muldoon's Favorite"; both were publications of the Boston-based Elias Howe music publishing company or its successor.
